Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 3:44 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2012, 3:44 PM MDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:47 PM MDT | HAIL 2 | 6 N Pritchett, CO | |
| Jun 12, 4:07 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 7 N Pritchett, CO | COVERING GROUND TO 3 INCH DEPTH. |
| Jun 12, 4:25 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 N Pritchett, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 242 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
069 WUUS55 KPUB 122144 SVRPUB COC009-122230- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0075.120612T2144Z-120612T2230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 344 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 342 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF PRITCHETT...OR 12 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD AND VILAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY...IT IS LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. && LAT...LON 3764 10253 3730 10232 3727 10279 3762 10298 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 234DEG 5KT 3746 10282 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN $$ STARK
3 follow-up statements
623 WWUS55 KPUB 122155 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 355 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 COC009-122230- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120612T2230Z/ BACA CO- 355 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BACA COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM MDT... AT 353 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO HEN EGG SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF PRITCHETT...OR 12 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD AND VILAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3764 10253 3730 10232 3727 10279 3762 10298 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 234DEG 5KT 3746 10282 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 2.00IN $$ STARK
777 WWUS55 KPUB 122217 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 417 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 COC009-122230- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120612T2230Z/ BACA CO- 417 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BACA COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM MDT... AT 414 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRITCHETT...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY NORTH OF PRITCHETT...IT IS LIKELY PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL. THE STORM HAS WEAKENED SOME...BUT QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3762 10264 3731 10243 3727 10279 3757 10295 TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 245DEG 11KT 3748 10278 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ STARK
837 WWUS55 KPUB 122223 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 423 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 COC009-122233- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120612T2230Z/ BACA CO- 423 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BACA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3762 10264 3731 10243 3727 10279 3757 10295 TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 245DEG 11KT 3749 10276 $$ STARK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 3:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 4:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.